Use a proportion to solve: The school bus drives at 96 miles in 4 hours. If it continues at the same rate, how many miles can the bus travel in 7 hours?

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Umefarooq asked Oct 23, 2022

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Use a proportion to solve:

The school bus drives at 96 miles in 4 hours. If it continues at the same rate, how many miles can the bus travel in 7 hours?

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Umefarooq asked Oct 23, 2022

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420 miles

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168!! 96 divided by 4 is 24, so the bus drives 24 miles a hour, 24 times 7 is 168!

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